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Originally Posted by Manabi
Around a decade ago people started noticing Anthony had some truly disgusting themes in his books: misogyny, rape, pedophilia, etc. That stuff's definitely in his books and people calling attention to it severely damaged Anthony's reputation. No doubt that's a part of why his books aren't talked about much now, and why they aren't widely available.
Basically society changed, decided some of the things in Anthony's books were unacceptable and moved on from him.
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Thanks. I tired of it early, but collected a few more, assuming I’d get back to them. Read 2 pages of two books just now (early ones) and saw the themes you mentioned. Despite it paining me to do this, I actually threw 9 paperbacks in the trash. Not donated or any such, actually threw them out.